George Sarton Award Lecture, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004 American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowship, 2001-2002. National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, 1994-1999. National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers, 1993-94. Society of Economic Geologists Lindgren-prisen for utsøkt arbeid av en ung vitenskapsmann, 1993. Ritter Memorial Fellowship in History of Marine Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1994. Opplistet i Who’s Who in American Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in the West.